{"id":473,"date":"2016-05-16T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinklaw.com\/2016\/05\/16\/greenville-sc-almost-a-smart-city-challenge-fina\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T00:01:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T04:01:02","slug":"greenville-sc-almost-a-smart-city-challenge-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinklaw.com\/blog\/greenville-sc-almost-a-smart-city-challenge-finalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenville, SC Almost a Smart City Challenge Finalist!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<p>Driverless cars are the wave of the future, but are our cities prepared  for them? To find creative solutions for some of our urban cities&rsquo;  most pressing transportation challenges, the U.S. government has selected  seven cities to participate in the &ldquo;Smart City Challenge.&rdquo;  The goal of this competition is to transform urban transportation with  a special focus on self-driving cars.<\/p>\n<p> A total of 78 cities nationwide applied for the U.S. Department of Transportation&rsquo;s  (USDOT) &ldquo;Smart City Challenge,&rdquo; including Greenville, South  Carolina! Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinklaw.com\/greenville\/\">Greenville<\/a> just missed the final cut. The seven finalists selected for participation include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Columbus, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>Austin, Texas<\/li>\n<li>Kansas City, Missouri<\/li>\n<li>Denver, Colorado<\/li>\n<li>San Francisco, California<\/li>\n<li>Portland, Oregon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>USDOT and its advisors selected these cities based on the following criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Smart City Challenge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sinklaw.com\/images\/blog\/smart-city-challenge.jpg\" style=\"width:550px;height:382px\"><\/p>\n<p>Over the next few months, each city will receive $100,000 in funding and  will work with USDOT and some of the world&rsquo;s most powerful tech  companies to structure their proposals. Each city will then be provided  with $40 million to implement their strategy. The winner of the challenge  will be announced this coming June.<\/p>\n<p>  The Smart City Challenge was created as a response to the Department&rsquo;s 2015  <em>Beyond Traffic <\/em>Report, which revealed how unprepared many cities are for trends like densifying  neighborhoods, rapid urbanization, and an aging population. With $4 billion  being set aside out of next year&rsquo;s transportation budget to push  autonomous vehicles, it is critical that cities look ahead and find solutions  to things like congested roadways and steadily increasing travel times.  <\/p>\n<h3>Harnessing New Technology for Safer Roads<\/h3>\n<p>  Participating cities will have assistance from a number of industry giants,  including Amazon Web Services, Autodesk, NXP, and Mobileye. Mobileye&rsquo;s  collision-detection system is already being used on public buses in countries  around the world, while NXP&rsquo;s Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) technology  is helping vehicles to communicate among themselves to improve safety  and efficiency.  <\/p>\n<p>The winner of the challenge will also receive up to $10 million in additional  funding from Vulcan, a company focused on reducing vehicle emissions and  helping cities end climate change.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want our country to lead the world in transportation again,&rdquo;  said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx. &ldquo;We got into  this practice of thinking small, and we can&rsquo;t afford to do it anymore.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h3>Get the Money You Need &#8211; Fast<\/h3>\n<p>  Many of our nation&rsquo;s urban roadways are ill prepared for the amount  of traffic they receive every day, leading to a number of preventable  accidents. If you have been involved in a car accident and are struggling  to pay your bills, turn to George Sink Injury Lawyers. Our Greenville  car accident lawyers have more than 40 years of experience helping Greenville  car accident victims get their lives back after an injury. Please call  us for a FREE consultation: (888) 612-7001.  <\/p>\n<p> SOURCE: <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/these-7-american-cities-will-compete-for-40-million-to-1764431906?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&amp;utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&amp;utm_medium=socialflow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/these-7-american-cities-will-compete-for-40-million-to-1764431906?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&amp;utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&amp;utm_medium=socialflow<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenville, SC was almost named a Smart City Challenge 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